Shireen says Hashmi's allegations baseless

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Central Information Secretary Shireen Mazari has said that her party Chairman Imran Khan took crucial decision of parting ways with Javed Hashmi after he accused him (Imran) of lying.

In a statement issued here on Monday, Shireen Mazari said that despite leveling serious allegations by Hashmi, the PTI adopted constitutional way and issued him a show cause notice. She said that if Hashmi thought the PTI was linked to the army then he should have immediately resigned.

He said that the fact there was no such talk in any meeting nor was there any such covert agenda. The PTI chairman had said from day one that if the legal venues of redress failed to give justice to the PTI's appeals against rigging, then the Party would come out on the roads to protest.

The PTI information secretary said that our protest had been peaceful, democratic and constitutional as had been our demands. She said that the PTI was a democratic party and in our core committee meetings there was open discussion after which Party consensus was established.

Shireen said that Hashmi's unfortunate allegations were baseless and had no ground. she said.that It was sad indeed , he had chosen this path of levelling unfounded allegations.